Indigenous Science and Technology in The Philippines

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INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Indigenous knowledge System
• Indigenous knowledge is embedded in the daily life
experiences of young children as they grow up. They live
and grow in a society where the members of the
community prominently practice indigenous knowledge

• Indigenous knowledge –the phenomena in explaining the


world around them.
• Example of indigenous knowledge
• 1. predicting weather conditions and seasons using
knowledge in observing animal behaviour and celestial
bodies
• 2. using herbal medicine
• 3. preserving foods
• 4. classifying plants and animals into families and groups
based on cultural properties
• 5. classifying plants and animals into families and groups
based on cultural properties
• 6. building local irrigation system
• 7. classifying different types of soil for planting based on
cultural properties
• 8. producing wines and juices from tropical fruits
• 7. keeping the custom of growing plants and vegetables in
the yard.

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